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Bradford City Accountants in Nottingham Football Club had played their home games at Valley Parade, in Bradford, since the club was formed in 1903. It had been the former home of Manningham Rugby Football Club, which had moved into the ground in 1886. The playing area and stands were very basic but the ground had enough room for 18,000 spectators.[1] When the football club was formed, the ground was changed very little and had no covered accommodation. However, when Accountants in Nottingham Bradford City won promotion to the highest level of English football, Division One, in 1908, club officials sanctioned an upgrade programme. Football architect Archibald Leitch was commissioned to carry out the work.[2] By 1911, his work was completed.[3] It included a main stand which seated 5,300 fans, and had room for a further 7,000 standing spectators in the paddock in front.[2] The main stand was described as a "mammoth structure", but was unusual for its time because of its place on the side of a hill. The entrances to the stand were all at the rear and were Accountants in Nottingham higher than the rest of the ground.[4]

Although there Accountants in Nottingham had been some changes to other parts of the ground, the main stand remained unaltered by 1985.[4]

Football ground writer Simon Inglis had described the view Accountants in Nottingham from the stand as "like watching football from the cockpit of a Sopwith Camel" because of its antiquated supports and struts.[5]

However, Accountants in Nottingham he also warned the club of a build-up of litter beneath the stand because of a gap between the seats. Some repair work was carried out, but in July 1984 the club were warned again, this time by a county council engineer, because of the club's plans to claim for ground improvements from the Football Trust.